EYE LENS DOSES IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE: A MULTICENTRIC STUDY IN BELGIUM AND POLAND

This study aimed to investigate the level of the eye lens (EL) doses in nuclear medicine in the light of the new International Commission on Radiological Protection limit. In 7 Belgian and 1 Polish hospitals, 45 staff members were monitored for EL ( H p (3)) and whole-body (WB) ( H p (10)) doses using dedicated dosemeters. Weekly measurements were carried out and used to estimate annual doses. Mostly diagnostic procedures involving radionuclides such as 99mTc and 18F were monitored; measurements were also performed for therapeutic procedures. The cumulative doses showed important variation acr... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dabin, Jérémie
Kopec, Renata
Struelens, Lara
Szumska, Agnieszka
Tomaszuk, Monika
Vanhavere, Filip
Dokumenttyp: TEXT
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Verlag/Hrsg.: Oxford University Press
Schlagwörter: Paper
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/170/1-4/297

This study aimed to investigate the level of the eye lens (EL) doses in nuclear medicine in the light of the new International Commission on Radiological Protection limit. In 7 Belgian and 1 Polish hospitals, 45 staff members were monitored for EL ( H p (3)) and whole-body (WB) ( H p (10)) doses using dedicated dosemeters. Weekly measurements were carried out and used to estimate annual doses. Mostly diagnostic procedures involving radionuclides such as 99mTc and 18F were monitored; measurements were also performed for therapeutic procedures. The cumulative doses showed important variation across the participants. The weekly EL and WB doses ranged from 0.02 to 0.27 and 0.03 to 0.17 mSv, respectively; the annual EL and WB doses ranged from 0.6 to 9.3 and 0.9 to 8.0 mSv, respectively. Some correlation was found between the EL and the WB doses. No significant correlation with the manipulated activities was found.